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iscretion Rules
With the 49th annual Pitt game under the
Lion’s belt and its accompanying statistics for
the football annals, it seems that congratula
tions are in order for the team in particular
for its hard-fought, though unsuccessful,, bat
tle and the student body in general for its con
duct in the host city.
In past years Pittsburgh hotels, restaurants
and night clubs have suffered considerable
damage at the hands of over-exuberant Nil
lany-vale visitors. The College's reputation
may have suffered more irrepairable damage
as a direct result.
Word of misconduct, if any, on the part oi
Penn State students attending past away games
has invariably gotten back to. campus with a
speed rivaling that of light. If this fact can
be used as a measure, then—since no sUch
word has been received—it may be assumed
that ho adverse criticism is due or pending
and the aforementioned congratulations are in
carder.
Discrealion has supplanted disruption as
the key note of Penn Staters* antics in the
Smokey City.
Code for Living
Be thankful, not only for your “1” in Chem-
Phys but for all the other good things of life.
Don’t limit your expressed thankfulness to
Thanksgiving time, but sew it liberally
throughout every day. -
Be good, but not too good—-a little naughty,
but not too naughty. Say a prayer if you
.feel that way, say "damn" if it gives you
consolation.
Be kind to the world always, if possible.
( Yet if you must be unkind, smash right and
left, get done and forget it.
SMILE, ALWAYS SMILE, have a smile
ready even though sometimes it hurts. Seize
all the happiness you can—whenever, where
ever you can. Don’t let the slightest bit slip
past you. Live, above all things live. Don’t
; simply exist.
If you are blessed enough to know what
real love is, love with all your heart and
socrl. '
Live your life so that at any hour you will'
I be able to shake hands with yourself, and
try to accomplish at least one thing worthwhile
■ each day. Then when your night comes you
will be able to pull up the covers and say to
, yoUrself:
"I am thankful that I have done my best."
Others Say...
Across campus, the hum of construction
Workers' tools reminds us that progress is
rapidly continuing at our college. A hanging
curriculum reminds us of Western’s expansion
to fill the ever-hanging educational needs of
the world. Halls thronged with students serve
as a reminder that WWC is entering a new and
greater era.
Amid all these signs of progress Western
continues to lag sadly behind in one im
portant respect. The task of putting this paper
in your hands every week is made more dif
ficult for all concerned by an ancient and no
longer-pusiified ban on cigarette advertis
ing. A carry-over .from Normal school days,
it now stamps us as being definitely sub
normal.
Any moral taboo against cigarette advertis
ing is now ridiculous and obsolete under pre
sent conditions. Getting advertising revenue,
is not an easy thing to do, and we fail to see
how budget-wise people can continue to spurn
the offers of the makers of the nasty weed.
—From Western Washington College,
Bellingham, Washington.
Post Season ....
“For when the one great scorer comes,
To write against your name,
He writes not that you won or lost
But how you played the game.”
Inadequate
In the school sessions of 1901 and 1902, whop
the student enrollment exceeded five hundred,
it became evident that the old Chapel, the
largest assembly room on the campus, was
hardly sufficient for daily use and was hope
lessly inadequate for the crowds present at,..
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
“We’ll Have To Do Something About This Some Day”
—AI Ryan
Safety Valve...
Monopolizing Time
To the Editor: I felt very guilty on reading the article in the
Collegian “Safety Valve” concerning the “lack of dates”, situation
racing the coeds on weekends Probably I am guilty of monopolizing
the time of some of the finest boys at State for these all important
weekends. I will be honest with
you coeds if, in turn, you will
listen to a slight correction I have
to make in your article.
The fact that dates are not
easily obtainable on weekends is
not entirely due to the “mass im
portation” of the girls we left at
home. It is due also to the love
which the boys at State have, hot
for girls, but for the short of
skiing.
Every weekend' since the. fall
semester started, has seen these
boys, and a.few girls also, hard at
work on the new, tow house, the
ski trails, and the ski lodge
above BoalsbUrg. The past two
weekends alone, I have counted
thirty to forty boys crawling all
over Tussey Mountain getting the
trails in shape for the coming sea
son. Maybe it is not fair to work
them so hard that they can’t stand
on their feet long enough to make
a phone call when they get back
to State College.
Come on out to the ski trails
and you can talk to him all day
long. If you wait until his hands
are full of cement blocks or buck
ets of sand, he won’t be able to
fight back when you tell him what
Cost—Bah!
To the Editor: Also to the opponents of the Pennsylvania State
Bonus). The cries in opposition to the bonus have stressed, primarily,
the total cost of the bill. The following figures indicate that these
this controversial point with- any
opponents have not looked into
marked degree of intelligence. I
might add that the estimates given
below are just estimates'and work
in favor of those who opposed the
bill on grounds of cost.
Estimated cost of
bonus $500,000,000
Estimated total inter-
est charge on ini
tial costs $125,000,000
Approximate popula
tion of Penna.
This shows it none of the origi
nal $500,000,000 would be return
ed to the state in taxes, the total
Roth Stupid?
TO THE EDITOR: How can a usually brilliant Red Rpth turn
so stupid? We refer to his “Gripes” of Nov. 11, directed at the
veterans bonus.
'‘Flag-waving stumpers and high-pressure veterans organiza
any state swayed one way or an
tions made the voting populace
see things their way.” Since when
is the voting populace of
other by a minority group, espe
cially to such a pbiht as to vote
three-to-one for an Issue. The
people of Pennsylvania are not the
type that would allow themselves
to be high-pressured into any
thing. They voted for the bonus
because they had sons, daughters,
close relatives, or friends that they
wanted to see get a little more
than just thanks for doing a great
job.
a bum he was for not calling you
the night before.
The boys working With the ski
club claim they would rather ski
them go steady with a,girl, but
I'll tell you a little secret that is
rather obvious if you come out
to the ski center. Although the
fellows - won’t admit it, wherever
there are girls there is inhere the
fellows work the hardest.
So you see girls, you’re needed
here more than you are at home.
You won’t find a better bunch of
fellows than the skiers, and we
in turn could never find a better
way of getting fellows to work
than by giving him a coed to talk
to while he Slaves away. The next
weekend you start packing your
suitcase and wondering what hap
pened to yoUr boy friend, just
take a walk out to the ski center,
at Boalsburg. It’s only four miles
on the road to Lewistown and
there you will find the culprit
whose "love of skiing hashed him
so far astray. I’m not kidding
when I say “We'll love you for
it.”
costs would amount to $625,000,-
000. Considering the population of
the state it would mean a cost of
$62.50 per person or a cost of
$1.25 per person per year for a
period of 50 years. A fortune isn’t
it? The average smoker (one pack
ner day) spends over $75.00 a year
on cigarettes. How much is spent
on alcohol? movies? candy? Cost
—bah! If. these stakes are too
high move to Moscow they
have no bonus there.
—Lawrence R. Kells
10,000,000
Red i opposes the bonus be
cause it is economically unsound.
We suppose he also oppqses mar
riage, going to college, buying a
car, fighting wars for democracy,
many other fundamentals that
make for our standard of living.
We wonder if Red is going to
accept his $lO to which he is en
titled.
Ed Note—Red Roih is entitled
to approximately $B5O as his share
of the bonus, not $lO.
—Letter Cut
—Name withheld
—Names withheld
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1949
With The Staff
An English composition teacher was explain
ing a theme grade to a studeht. "Why,” he
asked, "did you consistly spell U. s. Army
Air Corp. with small letters?”
ronUn/ 1 .™ 6 # thoueht f P r r a minute and'then
replied, 'Well, you see, sir, I was in the Navy ”
* * *
A certain fraternity man was in the habit
of sending a pledge to his Saturday morning
lecture class: Suddenly the pledge flatly re
fused to go. 3
;T don’t -mind going, when I can sleep, he
said, but yesterday the professor started call
ing on me that’s too much.”
Heard lit;the classroom—One Penn State
couple’s marriage may be tottering on the
brink, unless hubby does some real studying.
It seems he flunked the first bluebook in hiS
marriage course.
Some coeds still must believe the old story
about the way to a man’s heart is via his
stomach. Through the day couples can be ob
served sitting on a bench outside the Home
Ec building, sampling the results of the gals’
cooking class
You' can talk about' girls being conceited
but have you ever watched the seniqr fellows
prettying themselves to face the camera for
their senior pictures! By actual’ survey they
spent as much time in front of the mirror as
the much abused coeds.
From the "Miami Hurricane” comes the news
that a rare copy of one of Benjamin Franklin’s
first newspapers was accidentally found in
the U. of Miami library. \
The article neglected to say who made the
discovery so we surmise it couldn’t have been
a student. What" student would go to the
library with all that beach to study on?
Gazette ....
Tuesday. November 22
ENGINEERING Student Council, 105 Main
Eng., 7 p.m:
CA COMMISSION Meetings, 304 Old Main,
7:30 p.m.
NATIONAL. STUDENT Association, 20
Sparks, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Saturday: Aron Hoffman* and
George Raymond.
'Discharged Saturday: Sally Dickson and
Owen Mclntyre. •
Admitted Sunday: Francis Rogel and John
Storer.
Admitted Monday: George Chobany,-Charles
E. Berg, Dora Clark, and Edwin Thorman. • -
Discharged Monday: Raymond George arid
James MongelL
. COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information , mar be obtained in 204 Old Main.
Arrangements for Interviews should, be made immediately.
Ford Motor Co., Nov. 29. February, grdds
for Ford field .training program. Minimum re
quirements: 1.9 average, desire .to live in
Detroit, age 20'to 26. Activities arid appear
ance important. considerations in. selection.
General Electric, Dec. 5 and. 6... February
grads in EE, ME, lE., '
Sharpies Corp., Nov. 30 February grads in
ChE and ME for development work. Applicants
must have 1.55 or better average..
AT THE MOVIES
NITTANY—Back Streets of Paris,
CATHAUM—Wizard of Oz.
' STATE—The Lost Tribe.
Stye SatTtj Collegian
Successor, to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Boturday, mornings In
clusive during the College year by the staff of The. Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as Second-class matter July 5 ( 1034. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office unMer the net of March 3, 1679*
Editor ■jri Business Manager
Tom Morgan Marlin A. Weaver
Managing Ed.. Wilbert Roth; New. Ed., Jack Reen;
Sport* Editor., Elliot- Kr≠ Edit. Dir., battle Werlln
ich; Society Ed., Commie Keller) Feature Ed., Sylvia Oehner;
Asst. News Ed;. Jack Senior) Asst. Sports Ed., Ed Watson;
Aset. Society Ed., Barbara Brown) Promotion' Co-Mgr.,
Charlotte Goldman; Photo Ed.. Ray SBMifMS Senior Board,
(.Gorge Vadasi, Albert Ryan, Myna Te*, Robert Rose*
Stalf Cartoonist: Henry M. Progart Staff Photographer,
Sam Vaughan,
Aaa’t. Business Mgr., Jot Jackson; Advertising Dir.,
Louis Gilbert; Local Ad Mgr,. Don Baker; Ass*^ Local
Ad. Mgr., Mark Arnold; Promotion' Co-Mgr.. Karl Borlsh;
Circulation Co-Mgrs:, Bob Bergman and Tom Karolcik;
Classified Ad Mgr., Thelma Geier; Personnel Mgr., Betty
Jane Ho wen Office Mgr., Ann ZekanekaO; (Secretaries,
Marlon Goldman and Stle Stern. /*
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor Art Banning
Assistant Night Editor Jote Breu
Copy Edits?' Jack Boddington
Assistant Pat Sweeley
Advertising Manager Barbara Sprenkle
Advertising Assistants—Peter Vrabel, Ruthe
Phillip, Cathrine Robb, James Cochrane,
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